Lussantia

Lussantia (officially the Lussantian Confederation) is a recognized sovereign federal country located mainly in the continent of Floressa. It is ethnically and geographically diverse.

The capital of the country is Vltaha, thus it is the main administrative, economic and judicial centre of the country, being home to 23,897,315 inhabitants. It is a member of the Maian Commonwealth and of the International Peace Union.

Lussantia is also a big demographic power, being home to 184,513,462 people. It has considerable diplomatic, economic and military power. Lussantia is among the only countries which developed nuclear weapons, having inherited them from the force de dissuasion program of East Lussantia during the Cold War. However, it has never used them to this day. In addition to its nuclear military programme, Lussantia has an extremely large civil nuclear programme and ranks as the world's largest generator of nuclear power.

Physical
Although Lussantia is situated in the tropical/sub-tropical zones of the world –the Equator crosses the country's territory in its center–, a cold sea current originating from the North brings a more European-like climate on the Northern coast, with hot summers and cold winters. Most urban areas are located on it. A stupendous 64% of the population lives close to the coast, renowned for its beaches.

In the center of the country, a dense equatorial forest occupies the space: historically subject to deforestation, steps have been taken to limit it in the latest decades, due to its essential environmental purpose and its buzzling wildlife.

The southern part of the country (former Joeriakia and a part of Brilliania) is mostly tropical, and has intense volcanic activity.

In the eastern part of the country, around the Bluemian Sea, a large inland sea marking the border with Lazanistan, Respublika and Papavertellus, stands the Tuskian Depression, a large part of land below sea level, with steppe-like climate. Constituting 90% of the Generality of Tuskia, it is also home to a large population.

A large range of mountains, to the south, acts as a natural border with Greenforest and Kiznrland.

Tectonic activity
Due to the terrain being mountainous in some parts, Lussantia frequently experiences earthquakes, despite no major tectonic faults located on the territory. However, most are minor and do not do much damage. It is possible that more powerful earthquakes strike Lussantia, such as the Arelerkreis earthquake of October 1, 1967, of a 9.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, the most powerful the country ever experienced. Entire villages were damaged and more than three hundred people died. Before this event, Lussantians didn't take sismic risks seriously, and the government had no plans to manage such catastrophic events. In 1967, the LSF (Lussantian Scientists' Forum) were ordered by the government to create a prevention plan for eventual future destructive sismic events such as earthquakes or tsunamis.

Tsunamis are extremely rare as well in Lussantia, although one affecting the extremely populous Northern coast is expected to happen in the next centuries, decades or even years. As a result, most inhabitants have been taught at school the things to do if an earthquake/tsunami happens, especially in high-risk zones.

In 1971, the government introduced the Security Plan for Tectonic Events (SPTE). It is constituted of different colour levels, and are to be applied in the concerned areas if sismologists detect tectonic anomalies.

Volcanic activity
Volcanoes on the Lussantian terrtory are mainly located in the Southern Mountains, a former Joeriaki territory. Due to the area not being fully incorporated into Lussantia yet, no plan has been put in place.

Cyclonic activity
The Northern coast of Lussantia is extremely prone to tropical cyclones. While in the Upper Ocean, they are called "hurricanes", Lussantian people traditionally call these events hadibouře ("snake-storms"), due to the curly, snake-like shape of the clouds around the eye of the cyclone. However, due to globalization, more and more people use the terms hurikán or cyklón, cognates of "hurricane" and "cyclone".

Tropical waves from Dimonde often results in those storms intensifying just north of Lussantia's coast, and occasionally, these storms make landfall in Lussantian territory.

In August 2008, Hurricane Dara directly made landfall as a Category 4 on Vysobice, one of the most populous cities of the country. It caused extensive flooding due to storm surge and electricity cuts for 84% of the urban area's population. Entire neighbourhoods were destroyed and 81 people died directly or indirectly from the storm, which would eventually dissipate inland. This event made the government change the usual hurricane prevention plan that was in place, to include prevention of storm surge effects. Today, the Hadibouře Security Plan (HbSP) has been enacted each time a storm gets close to or directly make landfall in Lussantian territory. It is constituted of five different levels.

Political
According to the Constitution, the country is composed of twenty-six provinces. These are –in theory– treated equally, and thus, each one of them gets two representants in the První sněmovna. However, they differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy.

Laws

 * Tobacco is banned everywhere in Lussantia, after the 4th Halonnen Law passed in July 2007. The law aims to protect non-smokers from smoking people, and to diminish the number of diseases due to smoke in the country. Being caught smoking tobacco can lead you to pay a fine of at least ‎₾25,000 (circa $1,000) or, in aggravated cases, 20 years in jail.
 * Ageism, towards both young people and old people, is banned in Lussantia since March 2017. If ageist actions on people younger than 18/older than 60 are reported to the police, the author of these actions may face at least 10 years in jail. That includes slandering, humiliating, belittling and infantilizing. The age of consent is fixed to 15 years old and voting rights are granted to citizens over 16 years old.
 * Same-sex marriage is legal since 1984 in Lussantia. A third gender option appeared in administative surveys in 2014.
 * It is illegal to burn all national symbols of Lussantia or its administrative divisions. That includes booing the national anthem, destroying the flag and/or the coat of arms, burning Crća banknotes et caetera. Doing all of this can lead you to officially getting ostracized and being forced to exile yourself.
 * Free healthcare is described as a "fundamental human right" in Lussantia.

Health
Lussantia is home to one of the oldest free healthcare systems in the whole of Maia. As of 2017, the percentage of Lussantian citizens who are insured peaks at a whopping 100%. Healthcare receives large government fundings and is a fully public service. Private hospitals are still allowed, but rare. 91,678 hospitals and clinics currently exist in Lussantian territory.

Life expectancy in Lussantia is 92.4 years, 93.2 years for females and 91.7 years for males. The most common cause of death is heart disease as of 2017.

Energy
Lussantia mostly uses nuclear energy as its main energy resource. 89% of the country's electricity is nuclear. The rest are mostly renewable energies, especially from hydroelectric dams. Solar and wind energy aren't widely used. Coal energy is banned since 2016, due to being way too polluting.

Lussantia alone produces more than 50% of the whole world's nuclear energy, thus, it is the largest exporter of it in Maia.

Lussantia also has the largest nuclear power plant in Maia, installed in Xandrange, Vösgen. While being widely criticized, the country is not ready to scrap nuclear energy, as it is way too present.

Languages
Three languages hold most of the influence in Lussantia: Czech, the sole official language of the nation, alongside with French in Nordagne and German in Tuskia. Additionally to these, languges such as Greek, Finnish and various Slavic languages are spoken as well in some regions.

Lussantic languages
Lussantic languages, also known as Proto-Lussantic or Varsic languages, is a wide family of Indo-European languages historically spoken in Lussantia. While most of these are now extinct due to numberous ethnic cleansings perpetrated by the Czech elite, some remain spoken, such as Varscavian in the central areas.

Singers

 * Conchita Wurst
 * Daria Kinzer
 * Daya
 * Dinah Nah
 * Eleni Foureira
 * Gabriela Gunčíková
 * Helene Fischer
 * HollySiz
 * Ilinca
 * Jain
 * Margaret Berger
 * Marina Kaye
 * Natalia Druyts
 * Oonagh
 * Mihaela Marinova
 * Rykka
 * Sanja Vučić
 * Selah Sue
 * Tijana Bogićević

Bands

 * Norma John

Other people

 * Anke Engelke (actress, voice-over actress, comedian, TV host)
 * Jeff Tapir (entrepreneur, cult founder, comedian)
 * PacificSound3003 (musician, wannabe-singer, religious preacher, graphist)